The Saloon Coaches are narrow gauge luxury bogie coaches.
Biography
The coaches were originally owned by the Mid Sodor Railway and used on the Boat Trains and the Picnics. As the Mid Sodor Railway declined, they were sold off to numerous buyers for use as summer houses, holiday chalets, henhouses, and garden sheds.
In 1959, the Thin Clergyman and the Fat Clergyman found one of these coaches being used as a summer-house in a garden in Harwick while on a walk. The two told the Owner and Mr. Peter Sam, who bought the coach and had it mended, given new wheels and painted in a matching chocolate brown livery to the Talyllyn Railway's coach, as they were made by the same people. The coach was finished just in time for Skarloey and Rheneas' 100th birthday in 1965, so Skarloey used the coach to bring the Duke of Sodor to open the Lakeside loop line.[1]
Technical Details
Basis
The Saloon Coaches are based on some of the Corris Railway's bogie carriages, one of which was built in 1898 and is now owned by the Talyllyn Railway, while a few replicas were built for the Corris Railway when it was reopened in 2002.
On Wilbert Awdry's OO9 scale Mid Sodor layout, the coaches originally sported a different appearance with enclosed balconies at each end. These were made from Egger Bahn OEG "Fiery Elias" tram coaches. The coaches were later cut down to more closely match the saloons used by the Corris Railway.
Livery
The Saloon Coaches are painted brown with gold lining.
On the Mid Sodor Railway, these coaches were originally painted light blue. They had gold and red lettering with the company's initials, M S, on the sides, as well as numbering for first and third class compartments.
Appearances
The Railway Series
Companion volumes
- 1976 - Famous Engines
- 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways (mentioned)
Trivia
- In association with Christopher Awdry, four saloon coaches named Corinne, Coralie, Chicken, and Tiger were featured in the Corris Railway's newsletter, known as the "Corris-Pondent". Six other unnamed coaches were also mentioned as having been scrapped.[2]
- Chicken and Tiger are the third and fourth characters to be named after animals.
Gallery
The Railway Series
Main Series
Miscellaneous
Behind the Scenes
Others
References
Locomotives | Duke | Stanley | Falcon | Stuart | Albert | Jim | Tim | The Mine Engine | Alfred* | Gerry* | John* | Jennings* | Atlas* |
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Rolling Stock | Cora | Mid Sodor Railway Coaches | Saloon Coaches |
Trains | The Picnic | The Parliamentary | The Horse and Cart |
People | The Mid Sodor Railway Manager |
Stations | Arlesburgh Harbour | Arlesburgh Bridge Street | Ffarquhar Road | Marthwaite | Arlesdale Green | Arlesdale | Cas-ny-Hawin | Ulfstead Road | Ballamoddey | King Orry's Bridge |
Locomotives | Steam | Skarloey | Rheneas | Sir Handel | Peter Sam | Duncan | Ivo Hugh | Duke |
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Diesel | Rusty | Fred | | |
Other | Ivo's Flying Bedstead | Skarloey Funicular Railway Cars | |
Rolling Stock | Passenger | Agnes, Ruth, Jemima, Lucy and Beatrice | Ada, Jane and Mabel | Cora | Gertrude and Millicent | Saloon Coaches | Quarrymen's Coaches |
Goods | Slate Trucks | Open End Door Wagons | Plank Trucks | V-Tipper Wagons | Side Tipping Wagons | Mineral Wagons | Vans | |
People | The Owner (Sir Handel Brown I, Sir Handel Brown II) | The Thin Controller (Mr. Mack, Mr. Robert Sam, Mr. Peter Sam, Mr. Roger Sam) | Mr. Hugh (David Hugh I, Ivo Hugh, David Hugh II) | |
Infrastructure | Stations | Crovan's Gate | Cros-ny-Cuirn | Glennock | Rheneas | Lakeside | Skarloey |
Sheds | Skarloey Railway Engine Sheds | |
Tunnels and Bridges | Rheneas Bridge | Rheneas Tunnel | Rheneas Viaduct |
Locomotives | Talyllyn | Dolgoch | Sir Haydn | Edward Thomas | Midlander | Douglas | Tom Rolt | Alf | Toby |
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Rolling Stock | Coaches | Slate Trucks | Trucks | Vans | Brake Vans | Other Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock |